Re: The attacks on Estonia by Russians (or Russia?)

[ge () linuxbox org]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:54:32PM -0400, Larry Seltzer wrote:
> Who's more posh, Clausewitz or Sun Tzu? I hear Rommel wrote a book too.

I haven't been able to locate it (yet).

> Larry Seltzer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> On Behalf Of ge () linuxbox org
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 3:03 PM
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: [funsec] The attacks on Estonia by Russians (or Russia?)
>
> People have been wondering why I've been keeping quiet on this issue,
> especially since I was right there helping out.
>
> A lot of people had information to share and emotions to get out of the
> way. Also, it was really not my place reply on this - with all the work
> done by the Estonians, my contributions were secondary. Mr. Alexander
> Harrowell discussed this with me off mailing lists, and our discussions
> are public on his blog. Information from Bill Woodcock on NANOG was also
> sound.
>
> As to what actually happened over there, more information should become
> available soon and I will send it here. I keep getting stuck when trying
> to write the post-mortem and attack/defense analysis as I keep hitting a
> stone wall I did not expect: strategy. Suggestions for the future is
> also a part of that document, so I will speed it up with a more
> down-to-Earth technical analysis (which is what I promised CERT-EE).
>
> In the past I've been able to consider information warfare as a part of
> a larger strategy, utilizing it as a weapon. I was able to think of
> impact and tools, not to mention (mostly) disconnected attacks and
> defenses.
>
> I keep seeing strategy for the use IN information warfare battles as I
> write this document on what happened in Estonia, and I believe I need
> more time to explore this against my previous take on the issue, as well
> as take a look at some classics such as Clausewitz, as posh as it may
> sound.
>
> Thanks,
>
>       Gadi.
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